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Originally Posted by John Doe
I know you had a complicated relationship, but I am sorry for your loss.
You need to call the Plan Administrator of his pension and they will handle that. His ex-wife wouldn't be entitled to survivorship rights of his pension because the termination of the marriage, but IF he had an outstadning alimony or property settlement obligation to her she may have a claim against his estate.
Could be many issues involved--did he have a will, pass intestate, have debts, life insurance, a trust, ect....you need to call the Court that handles probate issues in Fl. and find out whether or not you need to open an estate. If you need to open an estate, sorry, but you may want to hire a lawyer (of course, if there are adequate funds, the estate would pay for this).
PM me if you have any specific questions.
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Thanks! To say our relationship was complicated was an understatement. At least he passed in his sleep w/o any complications.
As for his ex-wife, he got divorced in the dominican republic and never told her.
She is still on his bank account where his pension checks go, so she still has access if she wanted to.
I'll have to look into the pension issue a bit. In the meantime, they keep depositing it.
Thanks